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Baltic Region Pub Date : 2022-03-08 DOI: 10.18335/region.v9i1.375

O. Ovcharenko, L. Korotka, V. Smiesova, Olha Kuchkova, R. Karpenko

{"title":"Economic security of regions","authors":"O. Ovcharenko, L. Korotka, V. Smiesova, Olha Kuchkova, R. Karpenko","doi":"10.18335/region.v9i1.375","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18335/region.v9i1.375","url":null,"abstract":"At the present stage of development, one of the major problems of regions is ensuring their economic security. This requires the development of effective methodological approaches to assessing economic security at the regional level by governing bodies, and the development of directions for regulating economic security at the local and state levels. The purpose of the article is to form methodological tools for assessing the economic security of regions based on the method of fuzzy modeling, to develop approaches to managing the economic security of a region by public authorities and local governments. The article has proposed and analyzed indicators for assessing the economic security of regions. The expediency of using fuzzy logic tools to assess economic security at the meso-level has been substantiated. The effectiveness of the proposed approach has been tested on the example of Dnipropetrovsk, Odessa and Chernivtsi regions in Ukraine. The integral index of economic security has been modelled, together with its components: investment, innovation, financial, foreign economic, demographic, social security and security of economic activity. It has been empirically proven that the economic security of regions is determined not only by the resources available in the region, but also by the conditions created by the state and local governments for economic and innovation activities and for maintaining the level and quality of life, as well as institutional conditions. The article has proposed directions for economic and legal regulation of economic security in Ukraine, which are aimed at increasing the level of economic security in the depressed regions in Ukraine.","PeriodicalId":43257,"journal":{"name":"Baltic Region","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76949507","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Sustainability of the community-based ecotourism development in the Aksu-Zhabagly nature reserve, Kazakhstan 哈萨克斯坦阿克苏-扎巴格利自然保护区社区生态旅游发展的可持续性

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Baltic Region Pub Date : 2022-03-07 DOI: 10.18335/region.v9i1.335

I. Akbar, Sergeyeva Aigul Maksatovna, Myrzaliyeva Zabira Kazbekkyzy, Tazhekova Akmaral Zhaksybekkyzy, Saulembaev Altynbai Tagabayevich, Mominov Serik Abdukarimovich

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EU funds as a catalyst of change for the Slovak healthcare system? 欧盟基金是斯洛伐克医疗体系变革的催化剂?

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Baltic Region Pub Date : 2022-01-28 DOI: 10.18335/region.v9i1.344

J. Fidrmuc, Kristína Gardoňová, Martin Hulényi, Lukáš Sekelský, Veronika Zlaczká

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Estimating Determinants of Transportation and Warehousing Establishment Locations Using U.S. Administrative Data 使用美国行政数据估计运输和仓储场所的决定因素

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Baltic Region Pub Date : 2022-01-26 DOI: 10.18335/region.v9i1.366

C. Carpenter, R. Dudensing, Anders Van Sandt

{"title":"Estimating Determinants of Transportation and Warehousing Establishment Locations Using U.S. Administrative Data","authors":"C. Carpenter, R. Dudensing, Anders Van Sandt","doi":"10.18335/region.v9i1.366","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18335/region.v9i1.366","url":null,"abstract":"Interactions between transportation and warehousing and other industry clusters are not widely explored and the determinants of logistics locational determinants is limited in the U.S. context. These gaps in the literature, along with the U.S. transportation and warehousing sector's decentralization from urban areas and concentration in regions, highlight the importance of understanding the effects of place-based factors and inter-industry clusters on the locations and employment of transportation and warehousing industries. The analysis uses restricted-access U.S. Census Bureau data aggregated to the county level, along with secondary data sources, to estimate the locational determinants of transportation and warehousing (TW) industries based on transportation infrastructure as well as sociodemographic and institutional variables. The analysis takes a cross-sectional (non-causal) approach to focus on time-invariant location factors while testing and implementing zero-inflated count data distributions to model the data generation processes more accurately. Results indicate that subsectors are affected differently by infrastructure, sociodemographic, and institutional variables. Additionally, different factors are associated with industry presence versus size. Finally, we show that data using aggregated industries obscures locational factors' importance for individual sub-sectors and, further, that industrial aggregation obscures TW sectors' relationships to other clusters.","PeriodicalId":43257,"journal":{"name":"Baltic Region","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-01-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88956125","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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GERMAN PARTICIPATION IN THE THREE SEAS INITIATIVE: OPPORTUNITIES FOR RUSSIA 德国参与三海倡议:俄罗斯的机遇

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Baltic Region Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.5922/2079-8555-2022-2-6

M. Khorolskaya

{"title":"GERMAN PARTICIPATION IN THE THREE SEAS INITIATIVE: OPPORTUNITIES FOR RUSSIA","authors":"M. Khorolskaya","doi":"10.5922/2079-8555-2022-2-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5922/2079-8555-2022-2-6","url":null,"abstract":"The Three Seas Initiative was launched in 2016 by the Polish and Croatian leaders to bridge the gap between Southeast, Central and Eastern Europe, on the one hand, and Western Europe, on the other. This article aims to show how German policy on the Three Seas Initiative has changed and what risks and opportunities it represents for Russia. The official data on the Three Seas Initiative was used to explore the specifics of the concept and the impact of its most promising projects on the Southeast, Central and Eastern European markets. The analysis of materials from German think tanks and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was used to demonstrate the changes in Germany's attitude towards the Initiative. Although the participating countries have not received sufficient funding to fulfil all the ambitious goals of the Three Seas Initiative, some of its most promising projects could diminish Russia’s role in the EU energy market. Since 2018, the Federal Republic of Germany has increased its participation in the Initiative, yet Berlin’s growing focus on the concept should not be perceived critically since German participation could mitigate the anti-Russian sentiment underlying the Three Seas Initiative. Moreover, the ideas voiced by Germany’s Free Democratic Party, namely those concerning a joint hydrogen project with Russia to be run as part of the Three Seas Initiative, deserve special attention.","PeriodicalId":43257,"journal":{"name":"Baltic Region","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71248833","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The Russian-speaking Diaspora in the Baltic States: a socio-cultural aspect 波罗的海国家讲俄语的侨民:社会文化方面

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Baltic Region Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.5922/2079-8555-2022-2-9

R. Simonyan

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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF COASTAL REGIONS: GEOGRAPHICAL AND GEOPOLITICAL FACTORS AND LIMITATIONS 沿海地区的可持续发展:地理和地缘政治因素与限制

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Baltic Region Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.5922/2079-8555-2022-1-1

P. Baklanov

{"title":"SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF COASTAL REGIONS: GEOGRAPHICAL AND GEOPOLITICAL FACTORS AND LIMITATIONS","authors":"P. Baklanov","doi":"10.5922/2079-8555-2022-1-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5922/2079-8555-2022-1-1","url":null,"abstract":"Having formed at the end of the 20 th century, the concept of spatial development retains its relevance today. Yet, it is associated with a range of problems with its practical implementation and theoretical vindication, especially at a regional level. Attaining sustainable regional development, understood as a steady progress balanced across the economy, social industries and environmental protection, has been deemed impossible without identifying and considering regional development factors, such as geographical and economic-geographical position, environmental conditions and their geographical diversity, natural resource and their location, spatial features of the economy and the settlement structure. Coastal regions are affected by sundry other factors, such as the presence of a seacoast, viewed as a special resource, access to maritime transport and the availability of marine resources, including renewable ones, which are essential for sustainable development. The geopolitical situation of a region and the components of this situation are considered as geopolitical factors. Other limitations include extreme natural processes and events (large waves, tsunamis, typhoons etc.) The article aims to show that an integral geographical system or a combination thereof covering a region should be considered as the most appropriate object for assessment, planning and management of sustainable development, which is based on regional nature management including water and land resources. It is proposed that sustainable development criteria include economic, social and environmental metrics of regional development. Strategic marine and spatial planning and the monitoring of regional environmental management and development are identified as principal tools for attaining and maintaining sustainable development.","PeriodicalId":43257,"journal":{"name":"Baltic Region","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71249004","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The sea factor in the federal regulation of Russia’s spatial development: post-Soviet experience and current priorities 俄罗斯空间发展联邦监管中的海洋因素:后苏联经验与当前优先事项

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Baltic Region Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.5922/2079-8555-2022-4-1

A. Druzhinin, O. Kuznetsova

{"title":"The sea factor in the federal regulation of Russia’s spatial development: post-Soviet experience and current priorities","authors":"A. Druzhinin, O. Kuznetsova","doi":"10.5922/2079-8555-2022-4-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5922/2079-8555-2022-4-1","url":null,"abstract":"Current geoeconomic and geopolitical transformations project on Russian society and its spatial organisation, highlighting the problems of spatial socioeconomic development and its governmental regulation. This article examines the theoretical and applied aspects of the incorporation into the national regional policy of the sea factor, understood as a combination of location and resources, which is determined by a country’s jurisdiction over coasts and waters, its maritime activities and coastalisation potential, including the economic, settlement-related and psychological elements of the latter. The article describes the key influences of the sea factor on the spatial development of post-Soviet Russia. The steadily growing impact of maritime activities on the spatial-economic and settlement dynamics has been given a new impetus by the rising geostrategic, resource and transport-logistic significance of the World Ocean, as well as its water and water-land substructures, amid increasing military-strategic confrontation and geoeconomic regionalisation. The article presents a retrospective analysis of the role of the sea factor in Russia’s regional policy and identifies its stages. The authors emphasise the need for a synergy between maritime and spatial policies and proposes ways of achieving it.","PeriodicalId":43257,"journal":{"name":"Baltic Region","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71249230","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Ethnic minority organisations in Russia and Poland: a comparison challenge 俄罗斯和波兰的少数民族组织:比较挑战

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Baltic Region Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.5922/2079-8555-2022-4-7

P. Oskolkov

{"title":"Ethnic minority organisations in Russia and Poland: a comparison challenge","authors":"P. Oskolkov","doi":"10.5922/2079-8555-2022-4-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5922/2079-8555-2022-4-7","url":null,"abstract":"This article proposes a framework for classifying ethnic minority organisations based on a broad combination of discursive and non-discursive criteria rooted in their political opportunities profile. One diasporic and one non-diasporic organisation were chosen for Russia and Poland, respectively. Diasporicity is understood according to William Safran’s criteria and Rogers Brubaker’s triadic configuration. The Russian study cases are Komi Voityr and the Russian Polish Congress; the Polish, the Silesian Autonomy Movement and the Belarussian House. The analysis of their status, activities, domestic and external political impact, localisation and role in the ‘triadic configuration’ has shown that the four cases are ethnic minority associations, and their legal status and scope of activities differ significantly. Their domestic political opportunities are rather scarce. Out of the four cases, just one organisation is an active part in Brubaker’s classical triadic configuration; its role is not traditional, ascribed to the respective ‘angle’. Although both Russian associations enjoy an official status, their activities are limited to the cultural, memorial and linguistic domains, primarily at the national level. In Poland, both associations act internationally as advocacy groups, and their activities are not confined to culture and language. Far from being universally applicable, the proposed classification framework can still add to the comparative ethnic politics toolkit.","PeriodicalId":43257,"journal":{"name":"Baltic Region","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71249391","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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THE MARINE COMPONENT OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY STUDIES IN POST-SOVIET RUSSIA: KEY TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES 后苏联俄罗斯人文地理研究的海洋组成部分:主要趋势和发展重点

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Baltic Region Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.5922/2079-8555-2022-1-2

A. Druzhinin

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